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1. A MACHINE FOR PROCESSING FELLED TREES, SAID MACHINE COMPRISING: (A) AFRAME; (B) A TELESCOPIC BOOM MOUNTED DIRECTLY UPON SAID MACHINE; (C)ARTICLE ENGAGING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID BOOM MEANS; (D) A PREDETERMINEDFEED PATH ADJACENT TO SAID FRAME; (E) AT LEAST ONE PROCESSING UNITMOUNTED ON SAID FRAME AND IN SAID FEED PATH AND OPERATIVE TO DELIMB ORDEBARK SAID TREE; (F) MEANS FOR EXTENDING SAID BOOM OUTWARDLY FROM SAIDFRAME; (G) MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID ARTICLE ENGAGING MEANS TO ENGAGE ASELECTED PRE-FELLED TREE FROM A PLURALTIY OF PRE-FELLED TREES; (H) MEANSFOR OPERATING SAID BOOM TO ELEVATE AT LEAST ONE END OF SAID SELECTEDTREE; AND, (I) MEANS FOR RETRACTING SAID BOOM TO INTRODUCE SAID ONE ENDOF SAID SELECTED TREE DIRECTLY INTO SAID PROCESSING UNIT, AND TOINTRODUCE SAID TREE ALONG SAID PREDETERMINED FEED PATH.